Find Path

Finds the shortest path between 2 terms, based on a criteria you provided.

You can select this tool via Tools > Find Paths

• From name: A search field where you can enter the name of the term you want to be the starting point of your path.
• ↔️ (Swap Arrows): Clicking these back and forward arrows will reverse the roles of the "Type To name" and "Type From name" terms, effectively changing the direction of your pathfinding.
• To name: A search field where you can enter the name of the term you want to be the end point of your path.
• Direction: Specifies whether the pathfinding should consider the direction of the relations.
  • Directed: Only paths where all relations point from the source term towards the target term (following the arrow direction) will be considered.
  • Undirected: The direction of the relations does not matter; the path can traverse relations in either direction.
• Use as weights: Determines how the "shortest" path is calculated:
  • Relation count: The path with the fewest number of relations between the "From" and "To" terms will be selected as the shortest.
  • Relation weight: The path where the sum of the weights of all relations along the path is the lowest will be selected as the shortest.
  • Term weight: The path where the sum of the weights of all terms along the path (excluding the starting term) is the lowest will be selected as the shortest.
• SELECT: Clicking this button will select the shortest path
• HIGHLIGHT: Pressing this button will visually emphasize the shortest path, while dimming or blurring the remaining terms and relations in the graph for better focus.
• SHOW: This button will hide all terms and relation in the graph that do not being in the shortest path, displaying only the relevant terms and relations